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See our calendar for more details about upcoming events.
Find it on our website and blog!
Best Wishes for A Happy, Healthy Holiday Season!
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Help Us Hire More Community Connectors
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The cost of living in San Francisco keeps rising and more and more seniors and adults with disabilities worry that they will be forced from the City they love and help shaped into the tolerant, creative, diverse place we love.
Over the years, CLC has created part-time work opportunities for 24 Community Connectors and Trainers in jobs that help reweave community, teach skills, promote advocacy and advance a more positive image of seniors and adults with disabilities.
Every $25 or more you donate this holiday season will go directly to pay a new Community Connector
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Making a year-end donation to the Community Living Campaign creates more opportunities for our neighbors to help others while creating a bit of stability in their own lives. See below for other CLC efforts to create employment opportunities for seniors and people with disabilities.
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Just Smile - It Will Make You Feel Better
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Science now tells us that smiling makes your body better. So we're sending along a couple video clips from YouTube - we bet you can't watch these without smiling!
A lot more fun stuff can be found on YouTube - everything from funny cat videos to music to old TV comedies. Check it out at
www.YouTube.com.
To learn more about free movies and music available online, join us at
360 Valencia Street on Monday, December 14 from 1-3pm.
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Calendar of Up-Coming December Events
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Special Holiday Event for Senior Internet Pilot
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Comcast is hosting a special holiday enrollment event on
Wednesday, December 9 from 1:00 to 4:00. The event is geared to help low-income San Francisco seniors 62 and older sign up for $9.95 per month home internet access. It will include food and fun.
Those who sign up for Comcast service at the event will be entered into a raffle - up to 50 free computers and 6 months of free internet will be given away.
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Anne Hinton Heads Into Retirement (Sort Of)
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The Long Term Care Coordinating Council said a grateful farewell to long time member and Executive Director of the Dept. of Aging and Adult Services, Anne Hinton. Anne's colleagues have organized a retirement party on
Wednesday, December 9 from 5:30 to 8:00 at the Whitcomb Ballroom, 1231 Market Street (at 8th Street). Hosts request a
$
40.00 contribution that includes hors d'oeuvres, one drink, & help with a gift.
Please RSVP by Dec. 1 to
jeannie.chan@sfgov.org or (415) 355-6783. Download flyer here.
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SDA Vintage Clothes Event - Give and Get
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Senior and Disability Action is hosting their first ever Vintage Clothing Fair on
Thursday, December 17, 6-8 pm at Zendesk, 1019 Market Street.
For $5 entry, you get free appetizers and drinks and a chance to shop for men's and women's vintage clothes, hats, scarves, bags, and other accessories.
More donations of items enthusiastically received. So please take a look in your closet, pull out that old dress, hat, tie, watch, or other item (at least 20 years old and in good condition). SDA staff are happy to come pick up. For more information, please call
(415) 546-1333 or email
theresa@sdaction.org.
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Delivering Glide Turkeys to Good Homes
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Thanks to the generous support of Bruce McKinney and the Glide Food Program (pictured left), CLC Community Connectors and volunteers will be joined by lots of other community groups to
deliver 1,000 holiday turkeys and fixings on December 21.
We could use a few volunteer drivers for the big holiday turkey delivery day and throughout the year.
CLC regularly delivers fresh fruits, vegetables and
staples to 160 seniors and adults with disabilities who cannot access the regular food pantry program because of age or disability. Current neighborhoods include the OMI, Bayview and Parkmerced/University Park neighborhoods. Special thanks to Deb Glen, Chester Williams and Veronica Shepard for organizing the big turkey fly.
If you can help, call 415-821-1003 or email
info@sfcommunityliving.org
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Capture Your Own Life Stories...
While Learning New Computer Skills
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Have you been
thinking how to tell
your story, but not sure how to do it? A new digital storytelling platform, can help you create meaningful and interactive narratives about you, your family, your neighborhood, or any other important part of your life.
You can choose to keep your project private, share with a small group of family and friends, or make it public.
CLC is partnering with The History Project to help teach the simple but powerful tools to build your own history project.
Hands-on help is available at 360 Valencia every Monday from 11:00 to 3:00 to scan pictures and get assistance working on your project
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ign up for your free site and start telling your story at
www.thehistoryproject.com
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And check out the article that just appeared in the
San Francisco Chronicle.
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Connectors Building Connections & Forging Links
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Working Disabled Program: A Hidden Gem
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For people with a disability and modest income (regardless of age), access to Medi-Cal is essential
for affordable health and long term care services and supports. However, too many are denied access because they have more than $2,000 in savings ($3,000 for a couple) or have a "Share of Cost" that is beyond what they have left after paying for rent and Medicare co-payments.
But by enrolling in the Medi-Cal Working Disabled Program and working just a few hours a month,
this Share of Cost is waived.
Medi-Cal picks up Medicare co-payments and deductibles and you can save money beyond the $2,000 limit.
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Cayuga Connectors Host Trip to Google
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When a 91-year old neighbor attended a beginning computer class and asked "What's a Google?" she inspired a field trip to the Google office in San
Francisco. Many thanks to Google who hosted a group of Cayuga Connectors and friends for a tour of the local office to learn more about this popular site.
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USF Students Interview CLC Connectors and Leaders
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 A team of enthusiastic students from the University of San Francisco embarked on a class service project to interview Community Connectors and participants in CLC programs and activities.
"Like" our Facebook page to watch these interviews roll out over the coming weeks. Thanks to a diverse group of students and Professor
Paul Axelrod for their help on this project.
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Holiday Gift that Benefits CLC
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 Amy Fazio (daughter of Marie Jobling and Tony Fazio) has donated copies of her autographed cookbook, with all proceeds going to benefit CLC.
A donation of $15 or more will send a copy to your door (or to the address of your choice) in time for holiday giving. 100 recipes and photos of great treats you can prepare in a muffin pan - perfect if you are watching portions, looking for holiday appetizers or want tasty kid-sized portions for meals. To order, send an email to
info@sfcommunityliving.org.
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Upcoming Computer Classes
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360 Valencia Street Computer Lab
Free computer classes and one-on-one assistance continues at 360 Valencia on Mondays starting at 9:00 a.m. This month's classes include Holiday Photo Cards, and Free Movies & Music.
And bring your phones, tablets, laptops and questions to our ever popular
"Help Desk"
on
Monday, December 21, at 10:00 and join us for our regular lunch on Meet-Up Monday.
 Presentations On The Road Join us this month for a lively array of free presentations on Facebook, Email, Holiday Photo Cards,
Genealogy, and much more.
For information about these and other hands-on presentations, contact Judy Auda at (415) 826-3194 or judyauda@yahoo.com.
Regular CLC-Supported Computer Labs
CLC sends tutors and trainers to senior and community centers around the City as part of the
San Francisco Connected
program.
CLC Computer Class Schedule
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CLC has funding to expand the number of computer trainers, focusing on bilingualtrainers in 
